Quotes About Being Single in Your 20s

Being single in your twenties can feel freeing one day and lonely the next, especially when social media is full of engagements. There is no schedule you are behind on. These quotes about being single are here for both kinds of days.

Quotes for when everyone seems to be paired up

Other people's timelines are not a deadline for you.

Single is not a waiting room. It is a life.

A photo shows one second of a relationship, not the other 86,399.

You are not behind. You are just on a different road.

Wanting love and being fine alone can both be true.

Quotes about enjoying your own company

Learn what you like when nobody else is choosing the restaurant.

Being alone is a skill, and it gets easier the more you practise it.

Your own plans are allowed to be the whole plan.

A quiet Saturday you chose is very different from one you were left with.

The person you spend the most time with is you, so be decent company.

Quotes about letting love come in time

Do not settle just to avoid the empty seat. A full life has room for the right person later.

You do not need to be finished to be loved, but you do get to be picky.

Build a life you would be glad to share, and keep building it while you wait.

Good things arrive when you are busy living, not only when you are looking.

Love is not a prize for being ready. It is something you grow into with the right person.

Five ways to enjoy this stretch

• Take yourself on a small date: a film, a meal, a long walk.
• Put time into friends. Our guide on how to make friends in your 20s has simple places to start.
• Pick one project that is only about you and move it forward each week.
• Spend less time on apps and accounts that leave you feeling behind.
• Say yes to one invitation you would usually skip.

If it hurts more than it helps, you may also like our quotes for feeling behind in your 20s and our confidence quotes for your 20s.

Keep one where you will see it

A small reminder on a lonely evening goes a long way. In Life 20s you can pick Being single as a topic and have quotes like these arrive on your lock screen or in a widget at times you choose.